The IPAT Children's Personality Questionnaire was administered to two samples of white, middle-class, suburban school children. Both samples were divided into well-adjusted and maladjusted subgroups on the basis of teacher ratings. The CPQ Neuroticism score and the teacher ratings of adjustment status yielded biserial correlations of .12 and .22, while the biserial correlations of teacher ratings and IQ scores were -.52 and -.50, with higher IQ scores being associated with healthier (but numerically lower) teacher ratings. The findings were discussed in terms of the practical implications for the screening of school children for emotional dysfunction and in terms of the implications for the validity of the CPQ Neuroticism index. (Author)